Through the royal monopoly on trade, he was able to keep them dependent on his favor.

Part of the problem in China is choosing the patients to be studied.

They have right to physical integrity and cannot be subject to tortures or cruel or inhuman treatments.

The unwarranted sentences meted out to Puerto Rican women and men for their political activities that they had been punished for their beliefs, not for the acts alleged by the United States Government at the time of their arrest.

Children were killed, maimed, subjected to forced labour or forced into sexual slavery.

Of course, it is true that birthright citizens live their lives and retain their citizenship without ever being tested on the basics of their political systems.

The treatment of staff members in detention continued to be a matter of considerable concern to the Agency, with staff members both in detention and upon their release complaining of having been subjected to various forms of physical and psychological mistreatment.

They later found themselves on the losing end of a long history of violence between their own separatist forces and the Turkish army, as well as being subjected to an ongoing policy of discrimination and forced assimilation.

The Conference called on all states to respect the rights of Muslim minorities in non Member States, not to infringe upon their freedom and religious belief or subject them to detention or tyrannical imprisonment, and, when tackling terrorism , to give them fair trial so as to defend themselves.

In many countries persons who have committed crimes under the age of 18 can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment or subjected to corporal punishment or punishments including amputation, flogging or stoning.

In addition, more than 7,000 Palestinians, including women and children, were detained or imprisoned in deplorable conditions, and subjected to mistreatment and various forms of torture (A 59 381, paras.

Calls on all States in their fight against so called terrorism to respect the rights of minorities and communities in non OIC Member States, not to infringe upon their religious freedom and faith, not to subject them to detention or arbitrary imprisonment, and to give them a fair trial to defend themselves.

The Committee notes that although persons under 18 in Sweden do not enjoy full legal capacity they may be subjected to military service and that a person aged 15 or over can be accepted in the Home Guard Defence.

The opening of the Rafah border crossing last Saturday, which enabled 1,548 Palestinians to cross into Egypt without being subject to Israeli checks for the first time, has raised hopes for further progress in efforts to revitalize the Middle East peace process.

Regrettably, most of the rest of the world has never given Lee proper credit for crafting a hybrid system of authoritarianism and democracy that vastly improved the wellbeing of his country s citizens, without subjecting them to the brutality and oppression to which many of Singapore s neighbors have resorted.